The Bomber That Was Loaded with the Strangest Bombs of WW2

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Жыл бұрын

Whenever the United Kingdom's Bomber Command was tasked with challenging missions, such as sinking the Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz, they always knew which aircraft to use: the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber.
With four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and a top speed of 287 miles per hour, the aircraft had an impressive lifting capacity, as it had a long and mostly unobstructed bomb bay.
The aircraft’s standard load of 18,000 pounds of explosives gave the United Kingdom the offensive striking power needed to penetrate fierce German air defenses in the European theater and carry out complex missions against the Ruhr Valley dams.
Such was the case with Operation Chastise, the most famous Lancaster bomber mission. Performed by a specially formed squadron, 19 Avro Lancasters took off into the skies on the night of May 16, 1943, carrying one of the most unique and dangerous weapons in history…
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@Indy_at_the_beach Жыл бұрын

My mother was a mathematician in Barnes Wallis' lab. She was a recent grad with a knack for math. She also worked on the early supersonic aerofoils before the war was even over. Later, she married my dad and taught math at the American school in the Philippines.

@rooramblingon895 Жыл бұрын

To be fair, if she worked for Barnes Wallace, then she had a knack for "maths"...😉 She only did "math" when she moved over the Pond. Respect to your mother...🙏🙏

@donk5058 Жыл бұрын

@@rooramblingon895 I'm not exactly sure what that means but it sounds mad disrespectful lmao

@teaandmedals Жыл бұрын

@@donk5058 Don't worry he doesn't mean any disrespect. In British English Mathematics is called Maths. In American English it is called just Math, without the S. The Atlantic Ocean Between Britain and the US/Canada is sometimes known as the pond, a humorous understatement of the Oceans rather large dimensions.

@anthonybowers7571 Жыл бұрын

My Dad was a wireless operator in the Lancaster ..didn't talk about it much unfiortunately ..

@donk5058 Жыл бұрын

@@teaandmedals Ahhh yeah I see what he meant now thx

@cageordie Жыл бұрын

B-17s typically carried 4,000 pounds of bombs to medium range, the Lancaster typically carried 14,000, according to what I heard before, including from my brother in law's father who flew them on missions over Germany. Upkeep wasn't dropped on top of dams, it was dropped short of the dam and ran up against the rear face of the dam before sinking and exploding.

@BiGDuke6Actual Жыл бұрын

Correct. The UpKeep device -known by its munitions manufacturer as the "Vickers Type 464" -was back-spun to 500 RPM, then released from a specially modified Lancaster, where after the device would bounce or skip eight times and strike the targeted dam whereupon it would sink. The UpKeep device was fused with three hydro-static pistols that were set to fire at a depth of 30 ft, and approx 30 to 90 seconds after that - 6,600 lb (3,000 kg) of Torpex would be caused to detonate and the rest is...physics.

@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын

USAAF specs say the B17 had a 6,000# bomb load at 2000 miles !!! Also the RAF figures of tonnes of bombs dropped and sorties flown by the Lancaster THROUGHOUT the war shows the AVERAGE bomb load right at 6,000 # Lancaster and B17 had the near same gross take off weight but the Lancaster traded off guns and crew for more bombs and suffer about twice the casualty rate as the B17's did, and the Lancaster was very difficult to bail out of only 2 small hatches and they could not get into the bomb bay to jump !! !FYI !!

@BiGDuke6Actual Жыл бұрын

@@wilburfinnigan2142 Yeah... Incredible. As Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris so famously said "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."' Still give me shudders. And man, did those men EVER feed it to 'em. Night and Day. Night after night, day after say...

@Marin3r101 Жыл бұрын

@@nkirk8740 its what got the win you muppet. Even Churchill would admit it.

@nkirk8740 Жыл бұрын

@@Marin3r101 Good morning, how hilarious to be subjected to gas lighting Muppetry, please elaborate what did Churchill say got us the Win? In your curt little way are you saying the Septics, ( Septic tank=Yank.) coming into the War helped the War to be won? That obviously was a given? Don't forget there were lots of other Countries who contributed to the victory, the World is bigger than America? Yes America did help, Great Britain only finished paying for that help, what twenty odd years ago. America land of the Red, White and Blue on Blue, LOL!!!!!! Don't forget SIR Winston Churchill wasnt a nice person, he was a self serving Tory, who changed his politics and political Parties to suit himself, he personally betrayed Bomber command, Churchill in my opinion was an odious person. But then his mother was an American. 🤔🙄🖕🍋💨💩👎👎👎👎😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😁🇬🇧🌍.

@g2macs Жыл бұрын

During the War, the Air Ministry was flooded with ideas regarding 'super-weapons' most were well intentioned and sincere coming from academics but the usual amount from 'disturbed' people. The fact that Barnes actually got his concept (a bouncing bomb) to completion through the quagmire of bureaucracy should have gained him a knighthood on this alone.

@davidpriestley1650 Жыл бұрын

Almost every one of his creations could have been worthy of a knighthood. He created the category of bunker buster bomb (Earthquake bombs), geodetic airframes in planes like the Wellington (previously only used in airships), and the guidance system for the Australian Parkes Radio Telescope.(as used to receive the Apollo moon landing broadcasts)

@theallseeingmaster Жыл бұрын

@@davidpriestley1650 If Barnes Wallis had lived and worked in the United States, who knows what might have sprung from his fertile mind and Americas industrial capabilities.

@southerneruk Жыл бұрын

The bouncing bomb was a concept from Drakes era, Drake use to bounce cannonballs, which was pass onto Navy though out the ages

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

Bouncing stones [skipping them] across seaside water was a thing kids did when there - such small things inspired great things.

@throwback19841 Жыл бұрын

@@davidpriestley1650 the b17 has a rep as the toughest plane of ww2, but the wellington probably deserves that title instead. Love the line in the movie the Dambusters "What on earth makes you think the air ministry will give you a Wellington?!" "Well maybe if you tell them I designed it, will that help?" or words to that effect.

@colinmartin2921 Жыл бұрын

The bravery of the crews on all bombing missions was extraordinary, but the Dam Busters crews showed bravery beyond belief.

@sneakerset Жыл бұрын

I remember the movie "The Dam Busters", and I remember the dog's name,too lol

@johnmoore8599 Жыл бұрын

The casualty rate for those crews, especially the Dam Busters, was atrocious. They all knew their chances of long term survival were nil. 53 out of 133 men died in that one raid. That's 39% casualties. Combat infantry don't take casualties like that.

@mikeprzyrembel Жыл бұрын

@@johnmoore8599 Overall Bomber Command losses during the war were 45%, higher than in any other service. A tour of duty was 30 ops but several crew members including my father in law managed over 100 ops.

@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын

Damn fine chaps indeed! 💯🇬🇧🥁📚

@larryjenkinson4789 Жыл бұрын

@@mikeprzyrembel WoW, 100 ops is unbelievable. Somebody somewhere was looking after him. My dad did 12 ops near the end of the war and had no doubts earlier in the war his luck could've run out on him.

@marklewis35 Жыл бұрын

I have been lucky enough to see both remaining airworthy Lancasters fly together.

@mikemontgomery2654 Жыл бұрын

That would’ve been fantastic to see. I have seen both as well, just not at the same time.

@marklewis35 Жыл бұрын

@@mikemontgomery2654 they flew together at a number of UK airshows in 2014 and we saw them at Southport airshow.

@mikemontgomery2654 Жыл бұрын

@@marklewis35 oh, I know. I saw plenty of footage of the event.

@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын

My word!

@recceeboy1237 Жыл бұрын

We have one in Hamilton Ontario at the Canadian Warbird Herritage museum, it is flght worthy and flys at many shows in Canada and the US.

@timothyjamieson1282 Жыл бұрын

Interestingly, the Lancaster loaded with Grand Slam bomb still holds the record for the heaviest payload ever carried by a piston engine aircraft to this day. When a Lanc is parked, it's wings are almost straight with only a very small dihedral, when they took off with Grand Slams, the wings were very visibly curved upwards under the load!

@mrdrummer2564 Жыл бұрын

Missed what I think is a cool fact: Since the bombers were at night and had to fly so low, they used two spotlights angled inwards. Once the two spotlights lined up, the pilot and bomb operator knew they were at the correct altitude.

@LincolnImp Жыл бұрын

Also, they judged distance by using a Y shaped piece of wood. Once the nails in the arms lined up with the towers of the first two dams, they were the correct distance. A low-tech way of delivering a high-tech weapon for its time. editted due to spelling being hard.

@robinsundt8826 Жыл бұрын

Both those facts only applied to the unique dam buster raid by 617 squadron. Almost all other bomb raids were flown at high level. In particular the Tallboy bombs had to be dropped from high level.

@simonpalling3215 Жыл бұрын

In combination with a length of wood with a pin at each end which they lined up with the turrets at each end of the dams, they knew when, distance wise to release the bouncing bomb. Simplicity solving complex problems. Adversity being the real mother of invention.

@cornellkirk8946 Жыл бұрын

This was only for 617s dambuster mission tho

@oddball_the_blue Жыл бұрын

They also practiced low flying to the point they'd fly the planes under high voltage powerlines and were known to returning with bits of tree stuck on the rear landing wheel.

@coastlinesailingcruisingan3991 Жыл бұрын

In the UK we say "six one seven" squadron, not six seventeen. you also missed out the biggest conventional bomb of the war that it carried the 22,000lb "grand slam" also known as the Earthquake bomb.

@deancooper5513 Жыл бұрын

yes and both Tallboy and Grand Slam were the work of Barnes Wallis as well, he didn't just create the 'bouncing bomb'. The Wellington's frame was also a Wallis creation.

@southerneruk Жыл бұрын

The mosquito also carried earthquake bombs

@raypurchase801 Жыл бұрын

@@southerneruk No, I suspect you're confused with "cookies".

@southerneruk Жыл бұрын

@@raypurchase801 They used earthquake bombs to bring down a rock formation on fuel insulation. These were hitched up under the bomb carriage, and could only carry one, the cookies were in the bomb carriage which 2 were carried. They also had their own kind of bouncing bomb called highball

@raypurchase801 Жыл бұрын

@@southerneruk The novel and the movie "633 Squadron" are both fiction. There was indeed a 632 squadron and a 634 squadron, but 633 squadron never existed. That's why the novelist Frederick E. Smith chose this number for his novel. You are assuming the story is true, but it's not.

@georgeferguson7114 Жыл бұрын

5 minutes (ish). Footage is of a Mosquito dropping an inert Highball bouncing bomb prototype at Loch Striven (15th - 17th May 1944 ). The target was the Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Malaya. Seemingly one bomb penetrated the ship's side. The highball was designed as an anti ship weapon and although a bouncing bomb, it was smaller and of a different shape compared to the one's used on the Dams raid.

@billy.g3597 Жыл бұрын

Guy Gibson was only 24 years old when he formed 617 Squadron and led them on the Dambusters raid. Extraordinary times make extraordinary men. Guy Gibson was definitely one of them....

@MichaelKingsfordGray Жыл бұрын

He was SO ADULT, that he used his real name, unlike you...

@buckrogers2828 Жыл бұрын

To be honest he was pretty old in terms of Air crew as majority was actually younger plus most didn't survive to be much older.

@billy.g3597 Жыл бұрын

@@buckrogers2828 Hi Buck, you inspired me to do some digging. The Imperial War Museum gives average age Bomber Command aircrew as 23. The more astonishing figure was the death rate at 51%. The Bomber Command aircrews were volunteers and there was no shortage of them. All were truly extraordinary men.

@buckrogers2828 Жыл бұрын

@@billy.g3597 Yes my uncle was drew on lancs and survived the war and my think would be great uncle flew in stirlings and didnt showdown over France and buried there. And as you say All volunteers. Treatment they received after war was appalling mind this country treats so many like shite once unwanted like a used condom! Look at Gurkhas. Indian and Canadian's plus Polish fighter pilots got dumped back to be killed by Russians.

@brettcoster4781 Жыл бұрын

Good video. My cousin, Jack Coster, was a bomb aimer on a mostly Australian Lancaster crew with 97 Squadron in 1944/45. As was usual, the Flight Engineer was British, but all others in the crew were Australians. In fact, most were from Victoria. 97 Squadron were part of 5 Group's Pathfinders, usually acting as Flare Force for most raids, putting down flares so that the target markers could see and mark the target. The crew went missing on 20/21 March, 1945 during the attack on Bohlen, an oil refinery south-east of Leipzig in what was soon to become East Germany. They are still missing.

@thebritishengineer8027 Жыл бұрын

What you showed in your video at 5.10 my friend was something altogether very different. The Mosquito was not dropping an "Upkeep" bomb, but the ultra secretive "Highball" anti shipping skipping mine. Able to break the keel of a battleship in one hit. The first twin engined aircraft to take off/land on a carrier, 18 Mossies were modified to carry 3 bombs in a modified bay that would spin the weapons before release. Developed for the Pacific theatre 1945, they were never used in combat. If you want help with a video on that one, get in touch.

@markblix6880 Жыл бұрын

Love the Mossies. Very capable in many ways. Carried almost as much as a B-17.

@bhopkins8101 Жыл бұрын

The Dambuster Squadron is known as Six One Seven not Six Seventeen which is an American nomenclature.

@mississaugaicedogs Жыл бұрын

And it was primarily RCAF Bomber crews under the command of the British

@alpearson9158 Жыл бұрын

@@mississaugaicedogs 617 WAS A MIX SQUARDON

@Volcano-Man Жыл бұрын

@@mississaugaicedogs A lot of Australian and New Zealand aircrew along with the Canadians - plus one yank! 6 foot tall Joe McArthy from Brooklyn.

@1anmagnus Жыл бұрын

As well as Tallboy they carried the 22000lb Grand Slam bomb. The biggest conventional bomb used in the second world war.

@seakr9838 Жыл бұрын

I am fortunate to live just a few miles from RAF Coningsby, home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and so I see ( and hear) the Lancaster and the rest of the fight regularly, awesome!

@EuropaSman Жыл бұрын

Shame there was no mention of a third Lancaster that is being restored to airworthy condition. That aircraft is NX611 "Just Jane". It is located at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.

@cornellkirk8946 Жыл бұрын

Being made airworthy again?? I never knew this 👌👍

@elddisguy Жыл бұрын

@@cornellkirk8946 The do post regular updates on their progress on youtube.

@throttlegalsmagazineaustra7361 Жыл бұрын

It's stil a good 7 years away from even looking like flying.

@g8ymw Жыл бұрын

@@cornellkirk8946 East Kirkby is the airfield. The aircraft used to be gate guardian at Scampton

@cornellkirk8946 Жыл бұрын

@@g8ymw she’s been at east Kirkby for as long as I’ve known.

@frasermitchell9183 Жыл бұрын

One of my uncles was a flight engineer on Lancasters. Apparently his aircraft was on the perimeter track waiting it's turn to take off on the Dresden raid, but one of the engines started to play up so they never went. He never said much about his time in the RAF. The Dam Busters raid was an epic feat of arms, but the loss of 8 out of the 19 aircraft meant that nothing like it would be attempted again. The Sorpe was a very difficult dam to breach, being totally unlike the two others, (Moehne and Eder). The bouncing bomb was pretty much totally useless on it. It is still there today !

@TheWolfsnack Жыл бұрын

My wife's uncle was a navigator on a dambusters Lanc....he survived the dam raid but was in a Lanc that went down during the raid on Bremen on Spet 18th 1944....his crew was buried by the Germans and that military cemetary remains today.

@Volcano-Man Жыл бұрын

So are the Moehne and Edersee, and the Ennerpe dams. Operation Chastise, when it was announced, raised morale in the UK - and allies, it proved to the Nazi's that almost nothing was beyond the reach of the Royal Air Force. It's effect was to deny hydro power to two power stations, affecting the production of materiels of war, and whilst tbe Moehne and Eder dams were repaired, to do so the Germans had to divert manpower and scarce materials to carry out the work. Sadly people died, but at the end of the day blame lies squarely on Hitler and his cohorts shoulders. As regards the loss of 56 men, yes that was terrible; but they were fully aware - as all military aircrew are, that you have no guarantee of coming home. As was said to me many years ago 'The RAF exists to carry out defensive and offensive operations against the enemy. It is not a package holiday airline!' I accepted that risk, just as those 56 of my brother airmen did. May they and all who fell, Rest in Peace.

@gratefulguy4130 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Providence. He didn't have to participate.

@fullmoonflare Жыл бұрын

my great grandmother used to tell the story of how she could hear lancaster overhead in the valley down river of eder dam and that after one big boom the rumble of the oncoming water was incredibly loud and produced a wave which destroyed the first 4 villages down river. as well as the floating cows and sudden change in perspective of the war as two of her brothers went missing near stalingrad later in the same year. one of the rolling bombs which jumped the torpedo net and hit the wall and sank without detonation is on display in a small museum near the dam till today.

@gratefulguy4130 Жыл бұрын

That must have been frightening for her.

@BiGDuke6Actual Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather LOVED working on the Lancaster's Rolls Royce Merlin engines. He was a Flight Sargent that served with 426 Sqn/6 Grp Canadian at Linton on Ouse(Yorkshire) and was mentioned twice in Dispatches. Thank you for posting this documentary.

@ddegn Жыл бұрын

Very cool! I think comments like yours makes these Dark Skies videos way more educational. Thanks for the comment.

@BiGDuke6Actual Жыл бұрын

@@ddegn Cheers and thank you, Duane! A bit proud of my family's war-time heritage, Very much appreciate your comment, Sir.

@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын

Did your grand dad tell you 1/2 the Lancasters built had the PACKARD Merlin engine in them ??? Of the 7550 lancasters built 3440 had the PACKARD Merlins. ALL the MkBIII's & the MKX Canadian made. ALL the Dam Buster Lancasters were Mk BIII's with the Packard built Merlins !! ! Just a FYI !!!

@BiGDuke6Actual Жыл бұрын

@@ddegn And for the record, this(along with ALL of the other *DARK* channels) are my FAVOURITE Ewe-Tube channel(s )to watch. Back very soon for more *DARK* matter but for now, cheers and...outta here!

@BiGDuke6Actual Жыл бұрын

@@wilburfinnigan2142 Granddad related that his mechanical-kind was so desperately needed that any and all qualified mechanics were being sent to Britain as quickly as was possible. Apparently so quickly that when he got there, he was immediately dispatched to Derby -which by this point, had completely retrofitted and switched over to aircraft engine production only-. As Granddad said(and years later, I'm still agog) 'Got to see, help and test some of the very first production-series-engines to come off the line(suspect it was the Merlin G series) . Eventually, he was deployed to where the RAF thought he'd fit best - with 426 Sqn as he was already attached to 6th Canadian Group and 426 Sqn had just been stationed/positioned at Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire. As he said 'I'd spend the rest of the war there, up to armpits in grease, Lancaster and Merlin engine parts...and loving every damn ugly minute of it'. And insofar as to which engine was better/easier to work on etc(Merlin G/etc vs Packard V-1650) - he said 'I was utterly agnostic - I loved one, I loved 'em all and I loved working on all of 'em'. Talk about 'sacrifice - it ultimately added up to Granddad spending a little over ten years overseas... So yes, I very much and GREATLY covet Granddad's 1935 issued Rolls Royce Certification and Qualification certificate - framed by him and now very highly revered by me. To paraphrase the infamous Gen. GS Patton - 'Thank God such Men lived'...

@mnd1955 Жыл бұрын

Back in the 70s, we were watching an episode of The World at War called Whirlwind. My dad suddenly said the Lancaster was a real lady to fly. That's about all he told me about his wartime service with the RAF. He didn't like talking about the war and would clam up when I asked him things. I found out a bit more after his death though. I managed to track down his former navigator in Regina who filled in some of the story but he too didn't care to elaborate. I don't blame his for not wanting to re-live what they went through. The losses for their squadron were high.

@sampoultney7373 Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was a Flight Engineer for the Avro Lincoln (the Lancaster's replacement before the Vulcan came into service) and always spoke to us about the RAF and various aircraft types. Thanks

@EdOeuna Жыл бұрын

I saw somewhere that the Lancaster was the only Allied bomber capable of carrying the atom bombs to Japan, until the USAAF received some drastically modified B29’s in order to make the missions an all American affair.

@buckhorncortez Жыл бұрын

The Lancaster did not have the speed, altitude, or range to deliver the atomic bombs. The only B29 that had to be heavily modified was one used to drop test the original "Thin Man" 17-foot long, gun-type, plutonium bomb prototype bomb casing. The plane had the twin bomb bays made into a single 24-foot-long bomb bay to house the 17-foot-long bomb. When reactor-created plutonium became available, it was obvious the gun design wouldn't work because the Pu240 in the Pu239 would cause pre-detonation. At that point, the implosion bomb design was pursued and both Fat Man and Little Boy would fit in the standard B29 bomb bay. The Silver Plate B29s were specifically made for dropping atomic bombs. They were approximately 6,000 pounds lighter as they were not armored and had only one machine gun in the tail. Additional fuel tanks were installed in the rear bomb bay. The bomb bay doors were operated by quick-acting pneumatic systems. The bomb release mechanism in the forward bomb bay was replaced by a single-point release. A weaponeer’s control station was added to the cockpit to monitor the special bomb systems.

@MadMax-bq6pg Жыл бұрын

@@buckhorncortez refreshing to see facts being utilised. Hi from Oz 👍

@brusselssprouts560 Жыл бұрын

As a Brit, I thank you for your memorial to a defender and their brave crews.

@tompilkington7379 Жыл бұрын

I thought a swordfish hit the rudder of the Bismarck not the Lancaster?

@frostyfrost4094 Жыл бұрын

Correct

@kennethmckay6391 Жыл бұрын

oh you did not say "the 6-17 Squadron"? Six, One, Seven Squadron

@flickingbollocks5542 Жыл бұрын

I remember as a young kid the Shackletons flying along our bit of the Yorkshire coast. And have seen the Battle of Britain Flight a couple of times.

@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын

How time really does pass us by and seems faster as we get older too! Best wishes.

@paulstewart6293 Жыл бұрын

Their navigation amazes me. At night,being shot at! And they just boys!

@chrisdeal9945 Жыл бұрын

Where I used to fish in lake Ontario was close to the Hamilton air museum which regularly flies a working Lancaster low over the shoreline. Those Merlin engines sound magnificent .

@rodneyward8357 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video as always! I turned 50 yesterday. As a child my grandma had an old set of encyclopedias I spent many hours looking at the planes of ww2 thinking of piloting them or being a gunner. It seemed a voice in my head would explain the what and the why of these aircrafts. Now I really have a voice telling me these things! Well done sir well done! Please keep up the great work.

@grahamnash9794 Жыл бұрын

In my humble opinion, the old Lanc' is Roy Chadwick's master piece. Such beauty in a killing machine shouldn't exist. But I'm really glad it dos. Just as interesting to see to couple of rare lips of the Shorts Stirling in this video. Great stuff, and very much appreciated. Seeing some of the most beautiful flying machines highlighted on your channel is a treat. Keep the theme of British icons coming. There are many more to pick from.

@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын

Quite agree Sir...

@bikes02 Жыл бұрын

I'd say Roy Chadwicks masterpiece was the mighty Vulcan bomber which first flew in 1952

@grahamnash9794 Жыл бұрын

@@bikes02 All subjective, but I'll not argue with a biker of obvious taste.

@nigellusby8256 Жыл бұрын

I am lucky enough to see this magnificent machine many times a year flying right over my house, together with the Spitfire & the Hurricane..... The BBMF (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) is based just a couple of miles away at RAF Coningsby - which is also home to the RAF QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) Typhoons.

@larryjenkinson4789 Жыл бұрын

Last summer within the space of 8 days I saw a Hurricane twice and the Lancaster in between times. When the Lanc flew over kids playing football stopped to gaze at it, what a start to the afternoon that was. My mum and dad were stationed at RAF Coningsby and got married nearby. My dad had been operational with 61 Squadron at Skellingthorpe before transferring to 83 Squadron at Coningsby to prepare for Tiger Force.

@Olleetheowl Жыл бұрын

One of the lesser know strokes of genius with “Upkeep” is that to enable it to skip better, it was rotated in the bomb bay before it was dropped. BUT it was rotated backwards. This meant that as it sank. The rotation held it close to the dam wall so that the water cushioned the blast better and sent more of the force towards the concrete

@MichaelKingsfordGray Жыл бұрын

You do not even know what your real name is!

@Olleetheowl Жыл бұрын

The B17 lacked bomb load because it had armour and formidable defence. Horses for courses. The RAF and the USAAF made A great team

@Volcano-Man Жыл бұрын

Upkeep was carried externally, as was the mechanism to rotate the weapon. The bomb bay had been removed to allow Upkeep to be fitted.

@elixer88 Жыл бұрын

I consider myself SO LUCKY to have seen one of these fly at airshows when I was younger. It was such a sight to behold. Must have been one of the 2 still flying, though that would have been 20 years ago at this point. Maybe I didn't care enough back then, but it's so neat to now hear about the feats that these aircraft performed. I believe I was also lucky enough to be in the airspace at the same time as one of these before; passenger flight in a small aircraft at an airshow ran late, so we were still airborne when the Lancaster made it's appearance at the show.

@mississaugaicedogs Жыл бұрын

The Lancaster at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and one in the UK still fly. Every summer you could see the canadian Lanc fly from YHM to downtown Toronto, especially in Airshow season in Sept, set up in one of the Lakeshore parks in Port Credit/Clarkson and pull out the telephoto lens or binoculars

@rwnagel Жыл бұрын

While the dam busting mission was a technological marvel, it really didn’t cause much damage the Dan’s were repaired quickly and the war in the Ruhr went on.

@Volcano-Man Жыл бұрын

It achieved several things: it proved to the Nazi's that deep penetration raids were possible, against which they had very little protection; it disrupted the water supply and electricity generation, diverted workers from constructing the Atlantic Wall to repair the Eder, Moehne and Sorpe dams, it incapacitated a fighter airfield, flooding the underground quarters and storage facilities, sadly many people - civilians and POW's and the crews died. It also lifted morale in Britain.

@Graysonn1 Жыл бұрын

@@Volcano-Man All of that stuff was repaired fast. And the crews weren't diverted, the nazi's just got more slave labour.

@frasermcburney270 Жыл бұрын

ONE OF THE LANCASTERS IS HERE IN HAMILTON ONTARIO AND IN THE SUMMER YOU CAN BOOK A FLIGHT ON IT. SO NEXT TIME YOUR NEAR HAMILTON AREA TAKE A RIDE ON ONE OF THE LAST 2 LANCASTERS IT'S A THRILL OF A LIFE TIME.

@davidwhite9159 Жыл бұрын

Re defensive machine guns: the actual machine guns on the majority of Lancasters were not M1919 Browning Machine Guns, they were in fact 1930 Colt-Browning Machine Guns that were modified in various ways (eg to fire .303 from an open bolt) that in fact upped the rate of fire to 1150 rounds per minute, hence they would expend their ammunition in less than one minute. Later aircraft were armed with .50 Browning Machine Guns.

@davidelliott5843 Жыл бұрын

The Barnes Wallis Tallboy bomb design predated his bouncing bombs. The latter (intended for anti shipping) was scaled up for the dambuster raid. His Tallboys would have been as effective against the dams as they were against the Tirpitz. Taking out the foundations would have made dam repairs harder to achieve.

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

Odd then that it was never attempted?

@alanjm1234 Жыл бұрын

Dubious claim. Tallboys had to land very close to the Tirpitz to be effective. Dams are stronger than battleships. They'd have to have placed the bombs very accurately. The bouncing bombs had the advantage that as long as the aircraft was within range and flying towards the dam, the bomb would almost certainly hit, and detonate at the correct depth. But Tallboys should certainly have been used on the dams. AFTER the "Dambuster" raid, to prevent or delay the rebuilding of the dams.

@sarumano884 Жыл бұрын

@@alanjm1234 Agreed. Bomb sights in those days were NOT accurate enough to drop one bomb onto a narrow target. That applied also to your second thought. Add to that, that having been a target once, the Germans put more air defences around each dam. The Tallboys and Grand Slams that destroyed the viaducts at Bielefeld and Arnsberg were dropped as the plane followed the line of the viaduct, making sighting a bit easier (It's easier to hit a line than a point). Tallboys were dropped on the ENORMOUS U-boat pens in Brittany, but accuracy didn't really matter, it was getting through the concrete that counted. Even now, bombs need gadgets attached and laser guidance to hit a small target accurately.

@JohnnyAFG81 Жыл бұрын

Those Merlin’s really propelled the Allies to victory!

@theallseeingmaster Жыл бұрын

So much horsepower for so little weight; she certainly punch above her weight.

@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын

WRONG !!! The merlin played its part as there were 5 times as many Wrights, Pratt Whitneys and Allison made and they all did their part. That is BS that the Merlin won the war!! !

@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын

@@theallseeingmaster ???? PW R2800 and the turbo Allison made way more HP !!!

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

@@wilburfinnigan2142 Used extensively on . . . . what, actually?

@ctykckcktyvc7558 Жыл бұрын

@@wilburfinnigan2142 and being a radial it wasnt aerodynamic, they were also prone to rich cuts, the v design of Merlin gave the fighters and bombers more improved range

@m44guy Жыл бұрын

Every summer I have the luck to see Canada’s CGVRA fly over my house usually 4 times on the weekend , you can tell it’s her from the awesome sound of those Merlin’s

@stephenslack5752 Жыл бұрын

I live in Ripley derbyshire where barnes Wallis was born a few years ago the raf lancaster did a anniversary fly pass for the German dams raid to honour him the sound of 4 merlin engine's in perfect harmony was pure music. Lest we forget the aircrew who flew them for our freedom.

@theodorerelic2718 Жыл бұрын

Incredible aircraft. I remember watching a bombing display at an airshow at Rickenbacker Airport (a former SAC base outside of Groveport OH) back in 2007. The Lancaster, along with a B-17G and other, smaller aircraft, were demonstrating a "bombing" run on an open part of the airport. When the Lancaster "dropped its load", I had my camera ready. The concussive force of the explosion nearly knocked me and the people around me off our feet from several hundred feet away! I got a picture of the approach, and a line of successive explosions.

@theallseeingmaster Жыл бұрын

Explosions? Really? When I've seen bombers drop, it's been pumpkins.

@theodorerelic2718 Жыл бұрын

@@theallseeingmaster This one was a great pumpkin :)

@brettcoster4781 Жыл бұрын

It wouldn't have dropped live bombs, due to safety requirements. The area being "aimed" at will have had explosives/fireworks installed for effect. It's commonly done that way at airshows everywhere.

@ModshackMerlin Жыл бұрын

The Mosquito in this clip dropped the smaller version, code-named Highball, designed to attack ships.

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

Little used, or so I understand.

@michelguevara151 Жыл бұрын

there is nothing more impressive than a lancaster flyby. I had the priviledge to climb about in one at hendon RAF museum in the '70s.

@julianmhall Жыл бұрын

It wasn't really a question of /turning to/ the Lancaster, which makes it sound like an option. With a maximum bombload of ten tons (twice that for example of a B17) the Lancaster was the /only/ bomber then in service capable of lifting the required weight. That plus its uninterrupted 33 foot long bomb bay meant it could carry much bigger individual bombs.

@mattd1142 Жыл бұрын

I think probably one of the best WW2 heavy bombers

@alfnoakes392 Жыл бұрын

Something that ought to be mentioned regarding the bravery of the Lancaster crews is the poor crew survival rate. It was much more difficult to exit than other heavy bombers in use, and thus crew members were much less likely to survive.

@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын

True RAF lost twice the airmen as the USAAF forces as it was hard to bail out of a lanc !!

@Volcano-Man Жыл бұрын

@@wilburfinnigan2142 The yanks lost some 56000 aircrew over Europe - approximately the same numbers the RAF did.

@richardhoare9963 Жыл бұрын

Just a small note. A standard Lancaster had 8 guns not 10. Four in the tail turret; Two in a mid-upper turret; two in the nose turret. Those used in the dams mission had 6 guns as the mid-upper was removed. Those fitted to carry Tall boy and Grand slam bombs only had the 4 guns in the tail turret. The others were removed to reduce weight. Despite that it's another great video 👍

@sim.frischh9781 Жыл бұрын

He couldn't imagine a bomber having LESS than 10 machine guns 😉

@ericadams3428 Жыл бұрын

Some early Lancs did have 10 guns, with two more in the ventral FN 64 turret, this was removed due to being not very effective.

@mikeprzyrembel Жыл бұрын

Only the mid upper turret was removed for the final Tirpitz attack using Tallboys, not sure about other raids.

@richardhoare9963 Жыл бұрын

@@mikeprzyrembel OK. It must just have been the Grand Slam Lancs that lost the nose turret.

@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын

@@richardhoare9963 To get the Lanc off the ground with the Grand slams the bomb bay doors, all turret except tail all armor were removed and the engines were swapped out for more powerful engines, and only 41 Grandslams were ever dropped !!!FYI !!!

@PtolemyJones Жыл бұрын

A great movie was made about this. Worth the watch.

@dovidell Жыл бұрын

Fun fact : some Lancaster's in 1944 were equipped with a ( rear ) Rose Turret , which substituted the 4 , 303 calibre machine guns with twin .50 calibre machine guns , allowing an greater arc of fire , reducing night fighter attacks on the modified bombers by 25 percent

@oc2phish07 Жыл бұрын

The Lancaster normally only had 8 guns. Two in the front turret, two in the mid-upper and four in the rear. A very small number had an additional belly turret with two guns. My father was a tail gunner in Lancasters during WWII having volunteered in 1939.

@MichaelKingsfordGray Жыл бұрын

Adults normally have real names!

@DrivermanO Жыл бұрын

Well, I have to say that this is most accurate and precise video you have ever uploaded. Hardly anything wrong, and pictures fit the words! Well done - keep it up!

@atilllathehun1212 Жыл бұрын

Beat me to it. I was going to say exactly the same.

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

Not that nothing was wrong though . . .

@Kaiber_Phoenix Жыл бұрын

The lancaster is an amazing aircraft and being able to see it in air shows almost every year is an amazing experience. Ill never forget the first time i got see it after they announced there probably not going to be able to take off due to the wheather at the airfield they were prepaired on, and after doing a bit of shopping instead to hear what sounded like engines above and to look up and see a hurricane and spitfire fly side by side shortly followed by the lancaster will be one of the greatest memories ill ever have.

@frankroy9423 Жыл бұрын

Awsome planes. Thanks for your service.

@thecamocampaindude5167 Жыл бұрын

This was like the Top Gun Maverick of WWII missions

@flickingbollocks5542 Жыл бұрын

That bounced a long flicking way.

@dutchman7216 Жыл бұрын

Love to see one of these aircraft up close.

@rjds1800 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the Avro Vulcan jet bomber has the same wingspan as the Avro Lancaster designed roughly 10 years apart.

@331SVTCobra Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: A B-17 couldn't lift an atom bomb, a B-24 couldn't be modified to carry one, and the B-29 and B-32 programs were experiencing delays that caused concern with the boys on Manhattan Project. So for a brief while the Lancaster was studied as a delivery platform.

@TheFULLMETALCHEF Жыл бұрын

The bomb device deserves its own story

@scottmcphee7714 Жыл бұрын

Dad joined the R.C.A.F. at 17 in 1942 was from Montreal' Quebec Canada trained in an Avro Anson trainer....did night bombing training missions in Ontario Canada....readying for the call to go over seas to fly in the Lancaster Bomber if needed as a pilot officer bombardier...He also befriended George 'buzz' Beurling Canada's top fighter Pilot Ace in Airial kills in the Supermarine Spitfire in Malta in the Mediterranean Theatre of operations ....both being from Verdun a suburb of Montreal.'..They swam together at the Natatorium Olympic swimming pool in Verdun on Leave from service.

@stevenhoman2253 Жыл бұрын

I would argue that the Dam buster mission was more memorable, which is why it has had movies made about the raid.

@johnwilletts3984 Жыл бұрын

Lancasters came close to dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. The American Superfortress needed a lot of modification to carry the bomb. Just in case the mods were not ready in time, Lancs were held in reserve.

@Oligodendrocyte139 Жыл бұрын

From what I’ve seen this is a bit of a myth. As far as I remember it never got beyond the Americans making a suggestion.

@FINNIUSORION Жыл бұрын

2 minutes of continuous fire is an insane amount of lead.

@timhancock6626 Жыл бұрын

One thing rarely revealed about the Lancaster is that the original Manchester specification said it should be capable of withstanding a catapult launch from land to enable it to maximise the bomb load. This was never attempted as far as I know, but as a result the Lancaster inherited a very stiff strong floor structure. There were also experiments to equip a Lancaster with an arrestor hook at RAF Woodhall Spa. When Bomber Harris heard he stopped the experiments immediately on the basis that more weight meant less bombs. It's uncertain how many lives would have been saved by the arrestor hook mechanism.

@Volcano-Man Жыл бұрын

I have not seen that in tbe specification. So kindly enlighten us.

@28russ Жыл бұрын

Madcap?? It was friggin genius. RIP to those heroes and their wonderful aircraft that never returned. Such a shame there's only 2 remaining. They were a beautiful machine. I can only imagine the amazing sound of 4 Merlins ❤❤

@consty715 Жыл бұрын

The last surviving Dambuster only passed a couple of months ago

@theallseeingmaster Жыл бұрын

Not unlike the last of Doolittle's Raiders.

@frostyfrost4094 Жыл бұрын

We will remember them.

@simonallen6427 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget to mention that 'Just Jane' is being restored to airworthy condition as well!!

@deancooper5513 Жыл бұрын

Yes, watching the development of 'Just Jane' here on YT when vids get posted. I met an ex-RAAF Lancaster gunner many years ago, a very humbling experience as he like many of that era were very brave people. Thanks also to dedicated folks who keep these machines in the public focus as well.

@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын

They been working on that for over 10 years !! Evidently not in a hurry !!

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

Tell more about 'Jane' - an important WW2 lady.

@bobbates7343 Жыл бұрын

I often hear and see the Lancaster flying low over my home. The engines sound fantastic

@brianperry Жыл бұрын

My mothers brother flew a bomber in WW2...l cannot begin to comprehend the freezing temperatures, the noise, plus the flak, the night fighters, the fear he endured ... my life...(76)... has been without incident by comparison

@mungolikescandy3270 Жыл бұрын

my nan built Lancaster's, moved away from (relatively safe) home in her early 20's to a city with a target on it just to "do her bit" "dambusters?, couldn't have done it without me"

@ewancarmichael3412 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, though I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't mention that a Lancaster was nearly used to drop nuclear bombs on Japan. It didn't need to be specially modified to carry the bomb, unlike Enola Gay and The Bokscar, but wasn't used because the US government wanted the mission to be a fully USA mission.

@ericadams3428 Жыл бұрын

That's because it wasn't nearly used. The first bomb design "Thin Man" was too long (17ft) for the bomb bay in the B29. The Lancaster was discussed as a potential carrier by physicist Norman Ramsey At this stage, however, the USAAF had not been included in Manhattan Project discussions, but Manhattan’s commander-in-chief Maj Gen Leslie Groves soon approached his equivalent within the USAAF, Gen Henry H ‘Hap’ Arnold. Groves was assured of USAAF support, under the proviso that the air force provided the delivery platform and its crew. When the possibility of the Lancaster was put to them, both men rejected it, insisting on the only American option - the B-29. The Thin Man bomb design was cancelled anyway as it was unsafe and the subsequent designs didn't need so much modification.

@ma9x795 Жыл бұрын

A third Lancaster, 'Just Jane', is being brought slowly back into airworthy condition at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in the UK.

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

'Jane' was an important WW2 lady - not everyone will know about her today.

@larryjenkinson4789 Жыл бұрын

@@EllieMaes-Grandad My dad appreciated her. A Daily Mirror reader and Lancaster rear gunner, he'd follow her antics in the Sergeants mess.

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

@@larryjenkinson4789 Apparently she was a great boost to morale and social cohesion amongst the military! God bless your dad for his service.

@larryjenkinson4789 Жыл бұрын

@@EllieMaes-Grandad Thanks Mike I appreciate those sentiments. I'm sure there was a kite on the squadrons he was with, 61 & 83, with a Just Jane on the fuselage.

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

@@larryjenkinson4789 My dad served in the RAF too, though not doing dangerous stuff like yours. 'Nose art' wasn't extensive as with the USAAF, but it was there.

@tertommy Жыл бұрын

Dambusters dog mascot's name was soooo cute.

@AndyWragg Жыл бұрын

Great video, one other little known and often overlooked fact about the "Lanc" is that it was the only plane capable of delivering the A-bombs to Japan during initial mission planning. The B-29 at the time wasn't structurally capable of handling the load. Understandably, there was huge political pressure by the US top brass to have the mission flown by 'Murica so it (B-29) was modified to take the load.

@kudukilla Жыл бұрын

The Lancaster was considered, but there were a lot of issues most importantly range that kept it from being used.

@Baza1964 Жыл бұрын

It would have been a hell ride for the crew if it was called to drop that bomb. It struggled to gain altitude with the tall boy's so imagine what the blast of the A bomb would have done to it.

@Baza1964 Жыл бұрын

@@kudukilla The British had in-flight refueling by then . A very primitive version of course.

@buckhorncortez Жыл бұрын

The Lancaster did not have the speed, range, or service ceiling required for the atomic bomb mission. It could not have dropped the bombs from 30,000 feet. Because of its slower speed, it could not have made the required safe distance between the drop point and detonation.

@eugenemurray2940 Жыл бұрын

The mod was from The Lanc

@brianedwards7142 Жыл бұрын

Crossing the Atlantic in a Lancaster has to be worth a video on it's own.

@LonMoer Жыл бұрын

The last two flying Lancasters ; - CWH, The Canadian Warplane Heritage - RAF BoBMF; Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

@cageordie Жыл бұрын

Kermit has another one now, so that will eventually get restored to flying condition.

@boblordylordyhowie Жыл бұрын

On three missions using the Earthquake bomb, Grandslam, they didn't actually need to hit the target to cause chaos. On a raid to the U-boat pens one bomb had fallen outside the concrete pens but because of the delayed fuse when it went off deep underground, it blew a U-boat onto the quay where it was tied up. In another, on the Saumur rail embankment it was the one bomb that missed and struct the hillside that caused the most damage as it blew a hole completely through the hillside exposing the rail tunnel below putting it out of commission until after the war. The last was the Bielefeld viaduct where it collapsed due to the earthquake effect of bombs dropping around it and under the foundations. When testing the bomb, it is claimed, they placed a camera at the centre of the bullseye so Barnes Wallis could see how the bomb performed in flight. They dropped the bomb from 12000ft and he never got to see the footage as it was destroyed when the bomb went clean through it.

@CathodeRayNipplez Жыл бұрын

WW2 has generated more years of combined YT content than the length of the war itself.

@onyx6847 Жыл бұрын

exited for this!

@thehark6247 Жыл бұрын

exited what?....... wal mart spelling course.???

@dougbutcher4452 Жыл бұрын

Excited 😉

@onyx6847 Жыл бұрын

@@thehark6247 i’m about to end this man’s whole career

@thehark6247 Жыл бұрын

Always greeeeeeaaaat!!

@tomnekuda3818 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful bird with a crew that must be extremely brave....like out B17 crews......hardly ever enough fighter escort with them.

@landsea7332 Жыл бұрын

There is a Lancaster in the aviation museum in Ottawa - but I don't think its in flying condition . What really stands out is how small the cockpit area is - a pilot, navigator, bomb aimer, flight engineer & wireless operator all crammed in to a sardine can . Modern day Air Canada passenger seating arrangements look spacious in comparison to a Lancaster . .

@bravotwozero535 Жыл бұрын

The special apparatus for the dam buster bomb was a motor to spin the bomb backwards so it would skip on the water.. The bomb was so big it protruded from the bomb bay like a giant drum.

@coops1964golf Жыл бұрын

the only airworthy lanc in the uk is based just up the road from me....the sound of that plane flying overhead in the summer months makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up....

@SAM-zt2uy Жыл бұрын

80 years to the day, I had a walk up Derwent Reservoir last week where they practised the dam busters raid.

@mike5d1 Жыл бұрын

When talking about 617 Squadron RAF, don't say six seventeen, say six one seven!

@richard63 Жыл бұрын

An honest attempt at documenting the famous aircraft. For more accurate information perhaps a trip to England, not Wikipedia.

@davidelliott5843 Жыл бұрын

Twin lights for accurate ranging were used by Short Sunderland flying boats against U-boats. Radar found the target but the return dropped out at close range. A powerful “Ley light” was fitted to each wing. When the radar trace went out, the lights went on illuminating the submarine. German crews were bracketed by depth charges before they had any chance of fighting back.

@EllieMaes-Grandad Жыл бұрын

Leigh light - an idea by a serving officer. It worked very well too!

@henrypena2547 Жыл бұрын

Great Plane

@ewanstewart8011 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing two flying over the north of Scotland 40yrs ago 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@robertlyon8876 Жыл бұрын

Squadron Leader Ken Brown was a member of my family and flew on the dam raid . Fortunately he made it home . Many didn’t that night .

@davefave4351 Жыл бұрын

My first cousin Harry was Ken Browns flight engineer!

@robertlyon8876 Жыл бұрын

@@davefave4351 Hi Dave . Is your cousin still with us . Ken passed away several years ago

@davefave4351 Жыл бұрын

@@robertlyon8876 No, we lost Harry in '92/'93? He said it was the most un-nerving, worrying raid he ever flew because flying in the third wave they left after midnight and by the time they reached the dam (flying East into the rising sun) the first pre dawn light was appearing over the horizon and they still had the return journey to complete - by the time they hit the Dutch coast it was virtually daylight and it was only their speed and low altitude that meant flak being unable to get them in their sights - the Germans knew they had to return past them somewhere and were prepared! He said they all felt very naked and very alone. Balls of steel those boys. Quite literally!

@robertlyon8876 Жыл бұрын

I had the privilege of flying with with quite a few fellows that had flown both in the RCAF and RAF during the war . Some where a little crusty but all hero’s to me . Ken and his brother Keg both flew in Europe and both made it home .They actually owned a spitfire after the war . Ken spent many years with the MOT in Vancouver.

@robertlyon8876 Жыл бұрын

Dave Are you in Canada or the UK

@densalbeach1 Жыл бұрын

The Lancaster bomber was initially chosen to deliver the atomic bomb as America didn't have a bomber with the capacity to carry such a huge payload until they developed the B29 Superfortress.

@don2deliver Жыл бұрын

The round wooden casing around the drum shaped inner bomb was failing on the first or second bounce in many tests. But they found the barrel would still spin and move towards the bottom of the dam if they just released it a moment later.

@wastelandwanderer3883 Жыл бұрын

I feel lucky to have seen and touched the one in Canada. Although I wold love to see it flying, eventually I guess! 😍

@kennethmckay6391 Жыл бұрын

the *first* Stealth Bomber - a strategic night bomber with phenomenal bomb load piercing the enemies defences to deliver crushing blows to the enemy

@veniciomorais2000 Жыл бұрын

@darkskies are you using an Ai for your voice or are you using your actual voice? Just asking because if it is Ai. How do you get it to sound so natural. Your new fan V.

@oatlord Жыл бұрын

I remember (trying to) playing this on the commodore 64.

@davidclarke7122 Жыл бұрын

Er, sorry, Britain didn't develop an answer to the night fighter! Guess you've never heard of the Mosquito night intruder then., Tasked with attacking German night fighter as they took off or landed. They tended to stay away from the bomber stream though, as the gunners were programmed by experience to shoot at anything with less than 4 engines, can't blame them really can you

@michaelsowerby8198 Жыл бұрын

One of those two Lancaster Bombers makes a regular appearance at the Rhyl Airshow, where I live. I often wonder, how do those lumbering giants stay aloft!

@alpearson9158 Жыл бұрын

a little lesson on flight would answer that!